Manifolding device.



No. 728,681. PATENTBD MAY 19, 1903. J. 0. DBCKERT, C. H. MANN & H. A. PRIZER. MANIFOLDI'NG DEVICE.

APPLIOATIDN FILED JUNE 25, 1902..

I0 MODEL.

UNITED y STATES Patented May 19, 1903.

PATENT OrFICE.

JOSEPH O. DECKERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CHARLES H. MANN, OF HADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND HARRY A. PRIZER, OF

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,681, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed June 25, 1902. Serial No. 113,074. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Bo it known that we, JOSEPH O. DECKERT, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, CHARLES H. MANN, residing at Haddonteld, in the county of Camden, State of New Jersey, and HARRY A. PRIZER, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, all citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Manifolding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved construction of a manifoldin g device wherein the operative parts are contained within a very small compass and provisionis made for enabling a supply of the sheets to be manifolded or duplicated to be constantly fed or pressed against the carbon,said sheets being adapted to be alternately used as 'originals and du,- plicates.

It also consists in the novel combination of a receptacle for the original or duplicate sheets, above which is located a feeding device consistingvof a movable plate provided with means for constantly pressing the uppermost sheet against the carbon.

It further consists in combining said manifolding device with means for locking the plate of the feeding device in its depressed position when desired.

It further consists of novel features of construction, as will be hereinafter set forth. A

Figure l represents a perspective view ofv a manifolding device embodying our invention, certain of the parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 represents a section on linefr, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. lrepresents a side elevation of a portion of the manifolding device, showing the relative position of the carbon vand feeding device, having the sheets interposed therebetween. Fig. 5 represents a section on line e e', Fig. 2, a portion of the parts beingV shown as broken away. Fig. 6 represents a plan view of a locking device to be hereinafter referred to.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding. parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates our novel manifolding device, consistingof a support formed bythe body or base 2, which may be constructed of sheet metal or other suitable material, having an extension 3, which is bent upwardly at 4 and turned backwardly, so as to form the member y5, which serves as an arm-rest and'has a portion 6, which rests upon the ears 7, in which is rotatably mounted the roller 8, which can be turned in the desired direction by the finger-piece 9.

10 designates a web of carbon or other snitable material, which after being wound around the roller 8 passes through the slot 11, thence through the slot 12 to the roller 13, which is journaled in the ears 14, said roller being actuated by the finger-piece 15 when desired and being protected by the guard 16.

17 designates a partition secured inimmovable position above the base 2, whereby there is formed between said baseand partition a chamber 18, which is utilized for the reception of carbon copies, as will be explained. Above and resting upon the partition 17 are the springs 19, (best seen in Figs. 2 and 3,) upon which rests the supportingplate 20, which sustains the sheets 2l, the uppermost one, 22, receiving the impression direct from the carbon 10 of Whatever is written upon the original sheet 23, said plate 20, springs 19, and their adjuncts constituting a feeding device which is simple and effective in operation. The said plate 2O furthermore provides a tablet upon which to write-that is to say, besides actingA as the support and feeding device for the sheets 21 and 22 it also acts as a tablet, so that the original sheet 23 can be written upon. The ledges 24 serve as abutments to retain the sheets 21 in position, espeeially the top sheet 22, said ledges also serving to prevent displacement of the supporting-plate 20.

25 designates pins, which projectfrom the v sition (seen dotted in Fig. 3) by causing the latch 26 to engage with one of said pins and lthe loop 27 or its equivalent to engage the other pin 25. The chamber 18 is closed at one side by the wall 28, which is preferably fixed or immovable, and at its opposite side by the door or strip 29, which is hinged at its lower portion, as at 30, and is provided with the spring-catches 31 or their equivalents, whereby said wall 29 can be normally retained in locked position when desired, as indicated in Figs. 1, 3, and 6.

'The operation is as follows: To insert the sheets toA be written on in the proper place, the partition 20 is depressed from the position seen in full lines in Fig. 3 to the position seen dotted in said ligure, at which point the locking devices 26 and 27 are caused to engage the pins 25. The operator can now insert in the space between the plate 2O and the under side of the carbon 10 the requisite number of sheets 21. The locking devices 26 and 27 are next disengaged from the pins 25, and the parts now assume the position seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the springs 19 and the plate 2O forming afeeding device which presses the sheets 21 upwardly and causes the edges thereof to be held between said plate and the ledges or abutments 24. The uppermost sheet of the sheets 21 is removed by hand and is placed in position on top of the carbon 10, it being evident that the next sheet of the sheets 21 will be forced into a suitable position for receiving the impress from the carbon. After the desired matter has been Written on the sheet 23 said sheet is removed, as also the top sheet of the sheets 21, by pulling out the same by hand, and the said top sheet may be placed in the chamber 18, which is readily accessible upon turning the door or strip 29 into the position seen in Fig. 1. The operator then removes the uppermost sheet 21 and places the same in the position occupied by the sheet 23 in Figs. 1 and 2, and the springs 19 press the sheet next to the carbon against the latter to the desired extent, whereupon the operation above described is repeated.

Our invention is especially applicable to large shipping-offices, such as express companies and the like, wherein the original sheet, as the sheet 23, is given to the driver of the delivery-wagon, while the carbon or duplicate can be conveniently placed in the receptacle 18 or other suitable place, as will be understood from Fig. 2, or vice versa. The device is compact and economical in operation, the arm-rest 5 being located in a convenient position, although I do not desire to be limited thereto, and the spools or rolls carrying the carbon being conveniently manipulated by the finger-pieces 9 and 15.

It will be apparent that the form of the springs 19 and the manner of holding the upwardly-pressed plate 20, which constitutes its feeding device, may be varied without departing from our invention and that other changes may be made by those skilled in the art which will come within the scope of the same, and we do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction wehave herein shown and described.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a manifolding device, the combination with a suitable support having an up?y wardly-pressed feeding device, said support having an opening above the feeding device, duplicating means carried by said support and situated over said feeding device,'of a plurality of separate and independent sheets situated between said feeding device and duplicating means, said sheets being adapted to be separately removed to be placed on the upper side of said duplicating means, said feeding device serving as a tablet upon which to write.

2. In a manifolding device, the combination with a suitable support having an upwardly-pressed feeding device, said support having an opening above the feeding device, duplicating means carried by said'support and situated over said feeding device, of a plurality of separate and independent sheets between said feeding device and duplicating means, said sheets being wider than said duplicating means, said sheets being adapted to be separately removed to be placed upon the upper side of said duplicate means, and said feeding device serving as a tablet upon which to write.

3. In a manifolding device, the combination with a suitable support, having an upwardly-pressed feeding device, said support having an opening above the feeding device, a frame situated over the same and having portions thereof overhangiug said feeding device, duplicating means situated between said feeding device and frame, of a plurality of separate and independent sheets situated between said feeding device and duplicating means, said feeding device serving as a tablet upon which to write.

4. In a manifolding device, the combination with a suitable support having an upwardly-pressed feeding device, 'duplicating means carried by said support and situated overl said feeding device, and a stop situated at one side of said feeding device and duplicating means, of a plurality of separate and independent sheets situated between said IIO feeding device and duplicating means and adapted to abut at one end against said stop, the other side of said duplicating means and feeding device being unobstructed, whereby said sheets can be separately removed to be placed on the upper side of said duplicating means.

5. In a manifolding device, the combination with a suitable supporn having an upplaced on the upper side of said duplicating Wardly pressed feeding device, means for means, said feeding device serving as a tablet lockingsaid feeding device in depressed poupon which to write.

sition, said support having an opening above 5 the feeding device, duplicating means carried by said support and situated over said feedf HARRY A RUER ing device, of a plurality of separate and independent sheets situated between said feed- Witnesses: ing device and duplicating means, said sheets JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

io being adapted to be separately removed to be i C. D. MCVAY. 

